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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Ward William
|Army number=14440262
|Rank=Private.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=(At time of death).Not yet known.
|Unit=Conscripted into the General Staff Corps – date not yet confirmed. Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry – date not yet available – and posted to the 10th Battalion. Transferred to the Army Catering Corps 15/3/1944. Documents to Edinburgh 1/5/1944. Returned to The Durham Light Infantry 29/4/1944. Served Normandy. Wounded. Posted to the ? Battalion DLI on the disbanding of the 10th Battalion. Transferred to the King's Own Yorkshire light Infantry 18/8/1945. Documents to Section 29/10/1945. KOYLI Enlistment Books not available.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Probably Rifleman, but his transfer to the Army Catering Corps suggests that he may have served as a Company Cook.
|Joined Brigade=On being posted to the 10th Battalion. It is not yet known whether William was a member of the 10th Battalion before his transfer to the ACC but the War Office Casualties List shows he was with the 10th Battalion when he was wounded in Normandy.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Yes – in Normandy – 15/8/1944.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet ascertained.
|Home address= (To include family and marital details where possible). No details available as yet.
}}

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